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Soft power

Open Minds 2025: Soft Power

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India as a ‘soft state’

Swapan Dasgupta

The citizens of Nehruvian and post-Nehruvian India often attempted to justify their vulnerability by claiming to be preoccupied with loftier things

Indian Cinema’s Global Origin

Kaveree Bamzai

The soft power of Indian cinema

The Royal Thread

Ira Mukhoty

The sartorial expressions of the Queen’s soft power

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